Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

Fletcher had no of them.
j. b. Benedict. ID. Rider and W. W.
Chapman were placed in nomination for
the fifth place. The votes cast were 1870,
of which Mr.. Benedict had 81, Mr.. Rider
80 and Mr.. Chapman five. Mr.. Benedict
asked to be excused from serving, but
the meeting declined to grant the request
The choice of sixth trustee gave rise to
a long struggle. The nominees were Dr.
w. II. Sheldon, p. Champagne and c. p.
Langworthy. The first ballot stood
Whole number of votes, l27: necessary
to Il choice, Ga DR.. Sheldon. 81; Mr..
Champagne, IL: Mr.. Langworthy. %
The next time 40 votes were cast. 61 of
them for DR.. sheldon. 81 for Mr.. Cham
pagne and 10 for Mr.. T.angworthy. The
third trial l1j votes were cast, G7 being
for Dr. sheldon. - for Mr.. Champagne.
10 for Mr.. Langworthy and one scatter
ing. \ fourth ballot did not elect, Mr..
Champagne getting % of the $50 votes,
DR.. Sheldon 60 and Mr.. Langworthy IL.
On the fifth ballot Mr.. Champagne had
l03 of the $50 votes and was elected.
W. w. Chapman, l.. IIanatord and
Darwin Rider were placed in nomination
for the seventh and last trusteeship. Mr..
Chapman had 60 out of total of l35
votes.
The question of tax coming up, Mr..
Buttolph said the auditors thought Sl7l3
would be required for the coming year.
Mr.. Sheldon said the grand list was about
$4,000, and suggested that - cents on
the dollar would provide the sum recon-
mended and cover attachments; and on
Thad. NJ. Chapman's motion that rate
was voted.
The article of the warning relative to
electric lights having been reached. Mr..
\. +. Stapleton moved that it be laid on
the table. inasmuch as no action was
likely to be taken and the hour was late.
GOV. Stewart was of opinion that moth
ing decisive would he done, and thought
definite action probably ought not to be
taken without further investigation: at
the same time there was present the rep
resentative of an electric company who
would give interesting information. Mr..
Stapleton withdrew his motion and Mr..
Stewart called upon the gentleman to
whom he had referred. Mr.. l.. j. Wing of
the Thomson-IIouston Electric Light Co.
of Boston. Mr.. Wing said that the bust
ness of electric lighting being new, pos
sibly some explanations We're necessary.
| p to 1873, he continued, electric light
ing was not considered practical sue
cess. Since then it had been wonderfully
improved and the best systems of today
are almost perfect. This method of
lighting is being rapidly introduced and
is supersedng all other methods of illu-
mnation in cities and villages. There is
no place in Vermont where the system
can be employed to better advantage than
in Middebury. The chief item of cost
in the production of electric light is the
power to run the dynamo that produces
the electric current; but here there is
ample and reliable water-power in the
heart of the village. He has looked over
the town and estimated that % arc lights
of 2O00 candle power each, placed at the
intersections of the streets, would be suf-
ficient These would give 20 to so times
the light furnished by the present street
lamps. The dynamo to produce cleo
tricity for these and II dynamo for $50 in
candescent lamps (for indoor use) would
cost S4616 the wire for the street sys-
TEN, % arc lights, poles, etc, SlS49.50; /;
incandescent lamps Q50), wire, etc,
S765; total cost of the system. S729O.5 80.
The carbons for the arc lights would cost
about 500 year of $50 nights, if the
lights were run till midnight; oil and
waste for both arc and incandescent dy-
namos. $50 Il year; a man to attend the
machines and do all the work could be
had for $3.50 year and the rent of the
power ought not to exceed 5000. Calling
the capital invested in the plant $4,000,
and adding six per cent. interest on that
sum, or $50, to the foregoing items. the
total annual cost of maintenance would
be Sl3SO. But from this was to be de-
Quoted the income from incandescent
lights. These lights are rented in other
places at all prices up to SD each, and
the income from them here ought easily
to put Sl2OO in the treasury, leaving the
net cost to the village of its arc lights
$50. Mr.. Wing explained the difference
between are and incandescent lights. In
the former the current jumps from one
carbon pole to the other, and the carbon
pencils are burned away, lasting nine
hours only. Arc lamps are adapted to
lighting large areas. An incandescent
lamp consists of a small pear-shaped
glass globe from which the air has been
exhausted. Inside the globe is a thin fill
ament of carbon which is heated by the
current and thus produces light. The
ra rbon is not hurnab ne I'm tho aro lon,,,